Re: [Ngspice-devel] tclspice, good now

[David F. <fa...@cs...>]

> Regarding python, it will adding a language port will diminish code
> portability as python and tcl scripts will not be coompatible. Some
> users will write for python, some others for tcl. Is python used in EDA?
>> From my point of view every EDA tool integrates a tcl shell. It does not
> seem to be the case for python. Even if the interface capabilities or
> scientific data management is better under python, I'm not sure it's
> worth making the sources diverge. What is your point of view?

Hi,

The GEDA project uses GNU guile, a Scheme interpreter for language 
extension.  Personally, I'm a much bigger fan of Scheme than Tcl; I just 
find it more suitable for algorithmic programming, even if it is a little 
more awkward than Tcl commands.  However, it's a matter of taste, not 
every user out there can stand having to use parentheses everywhere.  :) 
If anyone ever undertakes writing guile-scheme bindings, I'd be very 
interested in helping or testing, when time permits, of course.  :)

Fang



David Fang
Computer Systems Laboratory
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cornell University
http://www.csl.cornell.edu/~fang/
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